/plg/ - powerlifting general

>>37995313
>didn't put plg in the subject

So I was correct

a "natural" monopoly

isnt "natural" in the sense that it just happened that way cause reasons

its called that because it would be the natural tendency of the market to want to have a monopoly cause it yeilds the lowest prices

this is true in the cases of things like water companies, electricity companies and telephone/internet providers where it gets cheaper to expand business as more and more people join

as in

its really expensive to hook up the first person to a waterline cause you have to build the whole plant and then pipe it to their house

but after that it just becomes cheaper and cheaper and cheaper into infinity and this actually makes it so that for the lowest costs in a given market it is better for one company to hook up everyone because its overall cheaper that way

these types of situations are regulated by subsidy and price fixing because government wants everyone in a given market to have access to the service and that would imply in almost every scenario that the price has to be lower than the suggested selling price based upon equating marginal cost and marginal revenue, ie the company would make losses without subsidy OR raising prices to a profitable level, but if they didnt regulate them the monopoly, acting as monopolies do would have increased prices too much

so tldr

like I suspected you're an uneducated hick libertarian who has never taken so much as a basic econ class and bases his opinions off of /pol/

eat shit faggot

File: 13450957_10206858890047360_4864087419687686525_n.jpg (77KB, 720x960px) Image search: [Google]

77KB, 720x960px

>>37995313
/plg/ downgraded to no title.

>>37995349
I cant argue with someone who doesnt know what they are talking about

"I refuse to listen to even the most basic economic principle cuz it dont align with muh views"

>>37995299
>>37995299
>>37995299
>>37995299

>mass-lift.com/2016-schedule/
haha, I checked this page not more than 10 minutes ago and it kept breaking for me.

The New England Open one looks good! I'll keep my eyes open for that / when the registration opens. That would be a lot more convenient for me as well vs. some other location.

>>37995373
this is a bad meme

File: box squat.webm (3MB, 960x720px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 960x720px

>>37995324
this has nothing to do with powerlifting, leave it in old thread

>>37995332
>>37995360
you can find it in catalog that's all it matters

why so many tripfags god damn

this post claimed for my beautiful princess, trappy-chan

>>37995388
>Many tripfags
You're just noticing this now? There aren't even that many here at the moment.

>>37995388
what a retarded webm

File: not my fault.gif (76KB, 500x281px) Image search: [Google]

76KB, 500x281px

good night

>>37995393
trip on asslad

>>37995393
l e a v e

>>37995403
Good night lad. And it partially is :^), but Panzer is too rampant with and good at political shitposting

>>37995375
Yeah that's the next meet I'm looking at. A little pissed it's on RI but whatever.

File: beltless 855lb (390kg).webm (2MB, 640x640px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 640x640px

>>37995397
why ?

>>37995365
>I don't know any economic history
>I want to use nonsense terms without understanding the bacground
>that way I can pretend what my HS history teacher taught me about econ was true

Do you also think that defining GDP as C+I+X+G has no consequences that could possibly be overlooked when setting fiscal policy?

Think hard on this one. It's a graduate-level question. Even though it shouldn't be.

File: harvey.jpg (54KB, 460x452px) Image search: [Google]

54KB, 460x452px

how does one 'get back' to lifting?
>five more days of NoLift 2015-2016

>>37995395
+1

hey poptart if you here, give a brother a shoutout mane

I'm a real newb.
Can someone sell me/dissuade me on the over/under grip for deadlifts?

I don't think I've reached a peak or anything but I see guys at the gym doing it and I wonder if they're onto something

From the last thread

>>37995290 #
>then that's not ok
Yea that's true, but the political system is set up for the good of the parties and not the people. Gary Johnson may show up at a debate this year, but I doubt it (cable channels won't want him) because trump and Hillary are so unpopular. That would add some new ideas, or at least legetimize a third party a bit.

At this rate in order to introduce more options over the long term one of the parties needs to break, but even if trump loses that probably wont happen.

>>37995388

Pete Rubish has such an ugly squat.

>>37995415
is pete natural?

>ywn lick your princess's (Trappy-Chan to whom this post is claimed for) butthole

Why even live

>>37995378
>>37995373
>>37995352
>>37995342
>>37995324

>natural monopolies exist
>cant't cite one that gained a monopoly naturally
>because governments everywhere around the world are uniformly perfect at identifying them and fixing them

go on, pull the other one. it's got bells on it.

>>37995415
>that face
Kek

>>37995428
Literally LP for three or four weeks then adjust depending on how things have been.

>>37995436
>deducing that from an 8 plate boxsquat
watch his recent meets
its fine

>>37995459
>leaning forward that much
>fine

>>37995429
biceps tension is really high on the supinated hand.

maybe worth it if you're a serious competitor.

>>37995429
They are. Do it. If you want to be a hook grip memer that can come later.

>>37995453
tbtf to pj, which I don't like doing: government is 'natural' and it's completely natural that businesses and government use one another.

>>37995459

>his squat mornings
>fine

I've deduced that from watching his fucking meets and training videos where he does regular competition style squats. Show me a single max attempt where he actually has a "fine" squat and I'll agree with you.

>>37995451
Good point, kill yourself

>>37995489
Why?

>>37995479
Except that government used government authority (i.e. conquest and regulation) not market processes to spread and sustain power.

Not to mention organized crime.

Try again?

>>37995488
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMBcj80nWq8
3:05

>>37995505
>one monkey beating another with a stick to more effectively rule the group is unnatural

Bro come on

File: fat dennis.png (1MB, 1300x1733px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1300x1733px

>it's another /plg/ turns into /pol/ episode

>>37995476
>>37995479
Which hand should I reverse?
The strong one?

I'm feeling pretty good about my deadlifts and I want to push it further.

File: Snapchat-2782042230250798807.jpg (1MB, 1440x2368px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1440x2368px

In for Domino's

>>37995514

Still a little bit, not as bad though. Looks like he switched to lowbar too.

>>37995519
Stand up straight, breathe, and relax. One hand is probably facing slightly forward and one slightly backward, go with that. Switch between sets if you like dank memes, but really your injury risk is pretty low.

>>37995442

hahaha no.

wait was that a joke?

>>37995528
you know you are meant to get pitched over "a little bit" in a lowbar squat?

>>37995517
>not understanding what the "natural" in "natural monopoly" means
>not understanding what begging the question is

this isn't about the naturalistic fallacy, son. it's about the idea that there can be only one because nature automatically excludes competitors.

>>37995542
kys

>>37995429
Less painful and less risk of arthritis to do mixed grip, but the supinated hand, if not kept in check, can cause the bar to swing out from you. Mixed has a risk of bicep tears, but you can minimize it but not cranking the supinated hand under the barbell, not bending the elbow of the supinated hand, and doing bicep work so your biceps can handle load. With hook, it hurts like a bitch until you get used to it, and you're risking thumb arthritis, but not much bicep tear risk at all. You also can't do it all the time, so you'll be working with straps more.

>>37995519
Whichever feels more comfortable. I'm right handed and supinate my left hand, but I'm more the exception than the rule.

>>37995519
both is good. not at the same time, obviously. alternate when training for balance.

compete with whichever feels better.

>>37995544

You're supposed to have the bar be over the midfoot, whichever angle that puts your torso at, whenever you squat, whichever style you are squatting. By a little bit, I mean his hips are still rising before his torso, but not nearly as bad as they previously did.

Just a reminder that when libertarians lose arguments they reduce themselves to trolling to pretend they were kidding all along and didnt get blown the fuck out

>>37995540
>>37995555
>>37995559

Thanks, brahs.

I appreciate all the advice. I'll give it a shot next time I'm doing deadlifts.
I recently matched my friend who looks 2X in shape as I do.
Really proud about that.
With your advice, I can go even further.

>>37995525
absolutely disgusting

at least get a real fucking pizza you total moron

>>37995545
>I have my own definition of natural that is tied directly to muh "free" market economics and I expect that everyone else shares that definition.

Monopoly in a free market is totally natural. Gain dominance, rework the rules in your favor, force out competition. "Natural" monopoly as detailed by PJ and c/p'd a dozen times in this thread is also inevitable. Like do you seriously think having a dozen utility companies for one town is feasible or reasonable?

>>37995581
No.

"Monopoly" and "natural" have specific economic definitions here, both of which you misused. You should look them up before jumping into this discussion.

PJ understands them. You do not. Unfortunately you're both idiots.

File: oribtal attack.webm (3MB, 960x540px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 960x540px

>up late cooking my low cal lunch for tomorrow
>meanwhile alex eats pizza

>>37995594
Please point me towards an example of a free market that ever stayed free. Please show me the one time the rich didn't shape the laws in their own favor. You live in economic fantasy land.

>>37995606

Which one, the twink or the talentcuck?

>>37995609
>Please show me the one time the rich didn't shape the laws in their own favor
But that's "free market" breh
Money makes the rules.

>>37995609
Black market?

Though state influence is undeniable.

>>37995581
>Monopoly in a free market is totally natural

funny cause monopoly is listed as one of the classic "market failures" due to the fact that establishment of a monopoly makes the market cease to be a free market due to the very fucking definition of a free market

>/fit/ - Markets and Marxism

>>37995634
Which is what makes the term a senseless contradiction. A free market is a train headed towards a concrete wall.

>>37995634
>PJ doesn't know what "free market" means

That explains a lot. This isn't a case of "communism wasn't true communisim because it didn't bring about a classless, post scarcity society"

The one I have is prices determined by unrestricted competition. Unless you're admitting that a government has to form to create a monopoly...

Note also that this is not the same as "government is a sufficient condition to create a monopoly..."

>>37995525
Bacon and chicken? Looks yummy as fuck.

Every society is a libertarian society that chose to create a state

>>37995646
which is exactly why you dont have free markets cause they dont work

any sensible country has regulated markets to prevent market failures

>>37995671
a free market only occurs in a scenario where an infinite amount of infinitely small companies, sell homogeneous products at the price where the cost of production matches the sale price

that never happens

so there is no real free market either

just various forms of slightly less "free market"(using that word lightly), markets

>>37995697
plenty were conquered--e.g. the celts some remain unconquered.

see Scott's book "art of not being governed"

File: 13245386_1078327395547252_5799765553131671811_n.jpg (71KB, 800x400px) Image search: [Google]

71KB, 800x400px

>tfw no idea what im doing
>just throwing in sauces and spices
JUST

>>37995722
>some remain unconquered

yes those are called "barbarians" and "third worlders"

>>37995719
black markets are free markets. they just tend to get their courts shut down now and then by racketeering regs...

youre also confusing perfect competition with unrestricted competition. it's generally agreed that to create the conditions of perfect competition the market has to be regulated and that this is an alleged function of government.

>>37995731
>white_people_"cooking".webm

>>37995731
what are you making?

>>37995732
And people who live between the lines.

*shrug*

>>37995451
seriously stop making fun of me. it's not a laughing matter and I will never make perverted remarks to my princess.

>>37995732
not really. barbarians and third worlders tend to live under the more oppressive governments in the modern world.

see just about any measure of freedom vs economic development index you care to cite.

>>37995742
stir fry.
Yesteday's ended well but a little meh since it was just soy sauce and red pepper so today im adding in garlic and some sesame seed oil.
Just kinda tossed in some powdered garlic and only like 1/8th cup at most sesame because it seemed to have a strong flavor.

>>37995772
thank god

>>37995794
don't be trans-phobic

>>37995783

To really get a good flavor from a stir fry, add in fresh garlic, green onion, mirin, and ginger my lad. Add some brown sugar if you want some sweetness.

>>37995772
>tfw have to go to church with my gf every second sunday
>tfw hearing hymns while hungover as fuck

>>37995803
don't deny my experience

>>37995805
ill cap this and try this next time.
I think i have all these things except mirin.
I never get mired...

>>37995821
mirin is for bb fags anyway

*sobs*

File: 1421845580471.png (17KB, 900x900px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 900x900px

>>37995812

>>37995821
>>37995821

You will some day, big boy ;)

Also you should cook it first before adding it to your stir fry so you can extract more flavor from the onion, garlic, and ginger, and so it reduces down and sticks to your food a little better.

>>37995812
Stand up and shout "amen" randomly during the service. See how long before you get asked to leave.

File: 20160712_600.jpg (50KB, 600x404px) Image search: [Google]

50KB, 600x404px

>tfw no qt3.14 Starting Strength coach gf

>>37995722
>see Scott's book "art of not being governed"
Boy, I didn't expect to see THAT on /fit.

>>37995732
>yes those are called "barbarians" and "third worlders"
By you, apparently.

>>37995840
Trappy
do you use the male or female toilet?

>>37995731
Best way to do it.

>>37995853
>tfw Bonica will never even know you exist
;_;

File: brendan.jpg (6KB, 194x259px) Image search: [Google]

6KB, 194x259px

>>37995855
am I going schizo?
are you really profiling all my past posts based on my filenames?
please stop

>>37995525
pls bring pizza lover general back. it was so comfy until it turned /pol/

File: panzer_fatty.png (2MB, 1430x2049px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1430x2049px

>>37995853

Her arms are bigger than Panzerfatty's and her gut is smaller too.

>>37995853
did we just become best friends?

File: 148723945870.jpg (2MB, 2376x2592px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2376x2592px

>>37995853
brehs

>>37995886
thanks europeans.

>>37995895
Nice moose knuckle, son. Straighten your shit out before you go out in public, would ya?

File: 1461110473598.jpg (17KB, 469x314px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 469x314px

>>37995559
>alternate when training for balance.
This is such a delicious meme, the DYEL filter is working as intended

>>37995783
why don't americans learn to cook in school

>>37995898
and to think, it all started because norse wanted to talk about regional american foods.
or maybe it was the anon who brought up steak tips.

File: thats_a_bitch_ass_move.gif (1MB, 232x145px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 232x145px

>tfw pt and Esme will never kill themselves

>>37995893
James Scott is the tits desu

>mfw progs get into Hayekian arguments about the role of local knowledge under the guise of left-anarchism

(Jane Jacobs is also p good for this, but I'll stop cunting up the thread with politics now.).

File: Ana Castellain 125kg Bench.webm (3MB, 750x540px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 750x540px

Just here to say that >>37993929 RDJ is a fucking amazing album.

File: 1468978484574.jpg (481KB, 2236x2236px) Image search: [Google]

481KB, 2236x2236px

>>37995931
I took a class.
And because we're too busy being shoved through the test score factory.

>>37995961
Some of those are pretty good basic dishes, why are you having trouble making a stir fry? You should have a decent grasp on the fundamental principles of cooking.

And that's a shame, we had "kitchen" classes once a week for two of the 10 years we had to be in school.

>>37995958
Just wanted to say you should never post again.

>>37995931
Some schools have home economics; it teaches cooking basics, but it's an optional class.

>>37995975
I'm not really having trouble. Just unsure of what to throw in to spice it up so I'm experimenting a bit with it.
It's extremely simple.
I can't make rice for some reason though.
I fugged it up yesterday and didn't have enough time to do it again so amber made it for me and I picked it up from her in the morning at 5am

File: 1464312586395.webm (1MB, 640x640px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 640x640px

>>37995980

That's not something a happy person would say.

Who hurt you today senpai? It's alright, we won't judge.

>>37995975

>went to school in the US
>did get a home economics class in middle school for three years
>learned very little
>got to high school, knew how to fry eggs and that was it
>dad teaches me how to make pizza
>this is pretty cool
>watch my mom whenever I come home and she cooks
>when I get my own apartment start cooking and experimenting on my own
>learn a lot
>now I like to cook for friends
>gf brags to parents and family about how good of a cook I am
>meanwhile she's a terrible cook

It's okay, I cook, she cleans. We all get along.

>>37995881
then stop being lewd to my trappy

>>37995993
I took home ec. We spent all our time learning to sew. Cooking was too dangerous. :/

In shop class they allowed us virtually unsupervised use of the table saw and lathe.

>>37996007
I'm good, you're shit. Pretty simple.

>>37995996
>I can't make rice for some reason though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf75I9LKhvg

>>37995313
Lol he said he hasn't faped for over a month and that nofap will be one of the key things that will help him pull 1000

Guy is mental

>>37996007
You are my princess and I am your loyal knight.

>>37996014
>implying she doesn't like the lewd attention

>>37995881
>tfw been browsing fraud daily for almost 18 months
>still havn't gotten round to getting on
>its just never the right time
>either not lean enough or can't spare the cash

is this you?

>>37995996

Joe, I told you last night.

You literally put water on to boil.

Add rice.

Cover.

Simmer for 20 minutes.

It's done.

>>37995996
rice is the easiest fucking thing. easier than mac and cheese.
1 c rice, 2 c water, 1/2 tsp salt, simmer for 20 minutes (set the timer on your phone)
shazam. diabetus in a pot.

>>37996015
That sucks dude. Having a pizza made from scratch in the middle of the day was pretty good.

>>37996040
yes
never posting an image with a post again

>>37996031
DELETE THIS

>>37996057
I've learned to cook since then. if your pizza takes less than 3 days to ferment the dough, you might be missing out on good pizza.

>>37996045
>>37996048
THE PACKAGE SAID 45-50 AND IT WAS STILL SOGGY CHEWY MUSH AFTER THAT OKAY I TRIED

>>37996076
Nigger did you wash the rice first?
protip
let it sit covered for 10-15 mins after you turn the heat off

>>37995996
>>37996045
>>37996048
>>37996076
Just give up and get a rice cooker. They're cheap and takes even less brains to operate correctly.

>>37996065
trappy loves talking about lewd cocks in and/or around her face.

>>37996060
>sean and isley have some kind of father-son dynamic going on
what did you mean by this?

>>37996076
brown rice?
too much water
1.25 c water for 1 c long grain
1.5 c water for 1 c short grain
40-50 min is about right though

>>37996076

Was it white, brown, or wild rice? Brown and wild rice take 35-45 minutes, white rice takes 20-25 minutes. It's good to let rice stand, no matter what kind it is for 10 minutes after you cook it. Some wild rice varieties are mushy and shit when they get cooked. As long as it isn't hard in the middle and all the water is gone it is cooked.

>>37996091

You don't NEED to wash rice before you cook it, but it helps make it not so sticky. To do it, put it in a clear glass, run water over it, and drain it until the water runs clear.

>>37996076
If it's soggy, chewy mush that means you cooked it way too long. 45-50 minutes for rice is a fuckton.

>>37996013
>>37995993
>>37996015
It was mandatory here in Norway and you either cooked a meal or baked every single time you had it, then one time was dedicated to cleaning before winter and summer.

We had sewing and woodworking classes too, but that was only for one year. Both useful though tbqhwy

File: big building on some rocks.jpg (235KB, 1024x1024px) Image search: [Google]

235KB, 1024x1024px

nn everyone
maybe tomorrow will be good

>>37996108
never used the sewing or woodworking classes
cook two or three times a day, though

>>37996117
It will be. Hope your back heals up well.

>>37996107
not for brown rice it doesn't. it means too much water.

>>37996117

Night Alex

10 days to go.

>>37996095
no no no please delete this post no no

>>37996093
I don't make rice more than a couple times a month. Can't justify a $90 zojirushi or however it's spelled.

>>37996128
Well I guess not everyone fixes things themselves or aren't allowed to if renting.

>>37996161
that's true. I do rent.

and my gf darns my socks, which is cute.

>>37996155
>90$ rice maker
Fucking wut

Besides making rice is easy.

Put rice in water double amount.
Boil it.
Put lid on and turn off heat.

Wait 20 mins.

EZ RICE

File: 1468316680365.jpg (201KB, 470x595px) Image search: [Google]

201KB, 470x595px

>>37996171
I used to fix things anyway even though it would void my contract when renting, if you're good enough at what you do, the landlord won't even notice.

>mfw the place was actually in better shape when I left than when I moved in.

>>37996187
I know, but he was suggesting a rice maker. And I've seen them up to $300, which is totally insane.

>>37996155
I got a 20 dollar one from walmart that has worked really well for years.

>>37996198
Are you American?

I heard such things are ridiculously priced there.

Anywho, you can get one for like 20 bucks.
Use only plastic to scoop out the rice and it'll serve you for years.

>>37996194
Rental contract obliges them to fix stuff with two days. Same day if it's summer and it's the AC (110°F highs lately)

File: Screenshot_20160718-192327.jpg (1MB, 1417x1449px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1417x1449px

>all these twinks discussing rice
Jesus guys this is boring

>>37996200
>>37996213
My saucepan is free and has yet to fail me.

And even at $20 I can't really justify it when I eat rice so infrequently.

>>37996227
i have recently become obsessed with this woman

>>37996237
Look at Mr. Rich here.
Doesn't eat rice frequently.

Lemme guess... You have meat with every meal?

Laugh at him, boys

>>37996147
She likes dickings
Saucy dickings
Race car dickings
Cowboy hate dickings

Sometimes we talk about dickings for hours, while watching Swedish goat porn.

>>37996227

>Look at me, I'm fat and have a sub 400 wilks despite roiding for 6 months!

Hi Aaron, how you been?

File: Screenshot_20160718-191338.jpg (974KB, 1424x1433px) Image search: [Google]

974KB, 1424x1433px

>>37996250
Back the fuck off??!
She's mine
Or whatever

>>37996263
I usually have potatoes as my starch. Too much grain gives me indigestion. I usually spend my tolerance on pizza.

File: illegal aliens.png (3MB, 1701x1253px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 1701x1253px

Today's Lifts

>Main Lifts
Squat 121kg 2x4 +1kg next time

Bench 78.5kg 3x3 +0.5kg next time

Sumo Deadlift 151.5kg 1x4 +1kg next time

OHP 53.5kg 2x4 +0.5kg next time

>Accesories
Hanging leg raises 6x10 1x5

Curls 25kg 5x10

Got a plane ticket to Korea being organized, leave on the 29th holy shit it's actually happening now!

>mfw packages and mail arrived for the gym when i was the only person in there and i accepted mail through the door and left it at the reception desk without letting anybody in

seriously guys, get a PO box ffs

>>37996289
from the what she posts for her workout vids she's not actually strong????
how do you get legs like that with such bitchweights.

>>37996333
The right insertions and leverages.

And test levels.

Who is she, though? Instagram link?

>be me
>walking my dog
>see this pathetic fat neckbeard clearly over the age of 18 playing pokemon

lol have they no shame?

>>37995853
Mmmmmmmm Niki

>>37996357
No. They were socially unaware enough to get fat and to play kids games. Why would they show shame about doing hoth in public?

>>37996289
keep her and her razor burned thighs, son.

>>37996296
kek i was reading this thinking, "this must be rasputing" then i read the bottom part

>>37996265
Please don't lie to me!

>>37996387
U gay, lmao

>>37996333
Steroids, anon

>>37996341
I WON'T SHARE MY WAIFU SORRY ANON

>>37996428

DON'T IGNORE ME YOU SWINE!

>>37996279

P.S. I'm not S-man.

>>37996428
b-but i thought steroids made you strong ;-;
>>37996444
http://instagram.com/bakharnabieva

>>37996482
>http://instagram.com/bakharnabieva
is she natural?

>>37996482
>b-but i thought steroids made you strong ;-;
Someone hasn't read a /fraud/ thread.

>>37995388
why is he shaking

>>37996544
good point
I guess I just don't understand why you would stick with light weights when you're "enhanced"

>>37995415

its not a full deadlift if you drop it

>>37996556
>never lift so hard you shake
Brah

I feel like Joe could learn a lot from this guy, and aspire to become him some day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwHT2SuNOi8

>>37995514

>fat
>weight belt
>knee wraps

no thanks

>>37996568
Joe already is aware of him and has posted webms of his cooking in the past

File: Daiki Kodama 212,5kg Bench.webm (2MB, 697x560px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 697x560px

Do we have any research done comparing the length to receive the press commands between fast descents and slow descents?

Been thinking about that the whole day and really wanted to read something good on that...

>>37996265

>Swedish goat porn

I regret googling that...

>>37996563
There are some understandable reasons (obviously outside the context of powerlifting or other strength competitions), but that generally just means lighter and sticking to somewhat higher rep ranges, not light. IDK.

>>37996594
Shtifag aside, is a wide grip superior to a close grip?
He looks too small to grip that far apart...

>>37996594
such a wide grip, shouldnt even count

File: Bill should be banned.png (48KB, 632x365px) Image search: [Google]

48KB, 632x365px

>>37996399

Yeah, it's Raspie here, really loving the progress i've been making. Slow constant progression > fast but unreliable progression.

Hoping the two days of flying/busing to get to Korea don't hurt muh gains too much, i'll have to find a gym on the one day i have between arriving and starting work

File: Wall_U_02.jpg (405KB, 1024x768px) Image search: [Google]

405KB, 1024x768px

>>37996594
I very much regret googling it also after realizing I was very curious if it was a thing.
I'm going to bed, goodnight.

>>37996620
>Attacking Obama's child for drinking at a party
>UR A RACIST
>Attacking Trump's grown children for supporting their father
>LOL BILL MAHER SO FUNNY
I hate politics

>>37996594
y-you're not a slut right?

>>37996647
Trappy is in a relationship with Boardshorts

>>37996647
Trappy is in a relationship with Isley

>>37996647
Trappy is in a relationship with Sean

>>37996647

Trappy is in a relationship with a Brazilian Chad

>>37996594
kill yourself

File: Brett Gibbs 208kg Bench (WR).webm (2MB, 782x540px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 782x540px

>>37996611

Consensus so far is simply personal preference (and what you can handle without pain).

I've spent days pondering about this and rechecking the papers I have on biomechanics...
But we still don't have enough info on the studies available to make a good purely mechanical analysis of it (for example, we have no papers on moment arms at the shoulder joint when the shoulder if under hyperextension, which is a fundamental piece of the bench press puzzle).
I'm gonna be writing something (boring) on the bench biomechanics soon. Nuckols has a good detailed article on it but it's missing some important pieces.

In any case, when purely analysing the competitors, max grip seems to be the prefered for most above the 83 class.

There are some exceptions, though, including WR-tier exceptions like vid related. And for a more extreme example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oagvWitc0_I

But the japanese guys are specially into max gripping, even at the lower weight classes (daiki and yusuke are 74kg).

>>37996639

night night senpai :3c

>>37996647

I'm pretty much frog tier Tbh

>>37996647
Trappy is in a relationship with the AIDS virus

>>37996716
Try being never posts tier >>37996642

File: how whales move without water.webm (881KB, 562x360px) Image search: [Google]

881KB, 562x360px

>added frozen cheese to my frozen pizza
well on my way to isley mode

>>37996642
Bill Mayer is a troll tho

>>37996716
how can such a cutie like you be a frog

Think I'm getting sick lads.

Why does everything go to shit the closer you get to meet day?

File: Yusuke Suzuki 190kg Bench (straight legs).webm (1MB, 705x450px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 705x450px

>>37996747

Finding someone who wants a relationship with me IRL is hard because of my "situation".

File: Yusuke Suzuki 160kg Bench (reverse grip).webm (1MB, 688x450px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 688x450px

>>37996759

File: Yusuke Suzuki 212kg Bench.webm (2MB, 723x540px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 723x540px

>>37996774

>>37996759
i'm not even one of your usual sycophants but i'd give it a whirl

>>37996759
I would be your bf (´・ω・`)

>>37996759
sounds like things would be so much easier if you were a real girl

>>37996759
you could try not being a tranny and just be a gay twink...

File: Yusuke Suzuki 205kg Bench.webm (3MB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 1280x720px

>>37996794

Ye, but we all gotta play with the cards we've been dealt :p

>>37996814

That's like telling a straight guy to become gay because it'd be easier for him on grindr than it is on tinder. Just not how it works.

>>37996790

aw <3

>>37996783

>>37996759
"Situation" meaning you're a narcissistic tranny with a shit personality

>>37996839
play the suicide card

>>37996839
>Ye, but we all gotta play with the cards we've been dealt :p


That's a good attitude lass. You'll find somebody, or you won't but who cares cause you're a strong independent woman who don't need no man

>>37996853
>lass

File: Le Lui 226kg Bench.webm (2MB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1280x720px

>>37996843

whatever you say

>>37996850

Why would I? I'm happy and successful.
Not having a bf isn't a good reason to commit suicide when everything else in your life is going as well as it possibly could.

File: 1457601780882.jpg (40KB, 427x427px) Image search: [Google]

40KB, 427x427px

>shitting up comfy time with this drivel

>>37996839
>telling a hetero to go gay
trappy thats not even close
>>37996814
traps and homos still like men. this anon is just saying stop being a weirdo and accept being male.

>>37996863
would you ever date a black guy?

Low bar squat or High bar squat?

File: 1460432422902.webm (732KB, 426x426px) Image search: [Google]

732KB, 426x426px

>>37996882

That's like telling a straight guy to just accept that he's gay.

>>37996839
if my bench grip is pinkies on the WL rings how close is that to max grip? no barbells in my gym with PL rings

and I volunteer to be your boyfriend

>>37996890
u srs ? you arent a girl though. think the point is that your options would increase if you didnt crossplay.
>>37996885
also this isnt me but i would like to know the answer... for science

>>37996890
no, it's like telling a male that he is male.

You ARE a male, every cell in your body aside from female sperm is male, and nothing can change that

File: Klokov & Kirill Friendship Deadlift.webm (1MB, 773x560px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 773x560px

>>37996894

That should be around one finger from max grip, maybe a bit more, maybe a bit less.
Depends on how wide your fingers are, really.

>>37996859

Deal with it, scrub.

>>37996885
ouch

File: 1468784876393.jpg (59KB, 1024x768px) Image search: [Google]

59KB, 1024x768px

night night, training today was harsh, gotta rest

trappy confirmed for racist cunt

File: plg necessities.jpg (170KB, 384x911px) Image search: [Google]

170KB, 384x911px

>what you need just to browse plg

>>37996938
who are you quoting

>>37996922
sleep tight <3

>>37996938
>didn't block Rasputin

He's never going to make it anyway

>>37996916
I could probably stick two fingers up your butthole

>>37996950
"Who are you quoting"

You, now that I am quoting. Greentext is not a quote you fucking retard moron. Put a trip on so I can add you to my filter for fucking eternity.

man the thread is fine with just one at a time, but with any combination at all of Trappy/Esme/Sean it swan dives straight to hell

>>37996913
www.newscientist.com/article/dn20032-transsexual-differences-caught-on-brain.

>>37996916
I want Kirill to hug me

>>37996868
Drunk fag here.
That's a statue of Caracalla.

He's famous for two things.
The first and most important is extending Roman citizenship to everyone in the Empire.
Previously, it used to be a sacred right only reserved to the truly respectable.
He extended it everyone so he could tax everyone at citizen rates (which is high).

The reason for that is that he maintained super high pay for the military.

His father said to him "Be harmonious with your brother, enrich the soldiers and scorn all other men".

Caracalla killed his brother but he followed his father's second rule. He enriched the military and scorned all other men, thus hastening the fall of the Western Empire.

>>37996973
SEAN ABSOLUTELY BTFO
BLOWN. THE. FUCK. OUT.

HOW CAN HE POSSIBLY RECOVER FROM THIS?
B T F O
T
F
O

>>37996973
Schizophrenia can be seen on the brain too.
It don't mean their delusions are true

>>37996967

We were having an off topic conversation about usa and eupore and food for hours and hours.

Trappy at least comes in to talk about benching and shit.

>>37996961
newfag

>>37996961
>Greentext is not a quote you fucking retard moron
It literally is and has been for over 30 years

>>37996997
Thanks for the history lesson, drunk fag. It's both interesting and more relevant than most of this thread.

File: no difference.png (36KB, 222x413px) Image search: [Google]

36KB, 222x413px

>>37996973


This is a chart from a study in gender difference in the brains

A pink block means that segment of the brain is female, the blue block means that segment of the brain is male. from this chart they concluded that there is no such thing as a male or female brain...

>>37997016
Yeah I've got no beef with Trappy, just the drama that surrounds >her. It's why i said one at a time, they're fine.

>>37996932

Don't worry, trappy defends black lifters all the time on /fit/
He's just too shy to assume he's into BBC

>>37997026
Caracalla's modern name is a nickname given to him his troops by way of his penchant to wearing a gaullic cloak of the same name.

His real name was the same as his father, Septemius Severus with some shit added on that no one remembers.
His nickname remains.

The same with Caligula. His real name was Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus.
But since his father gave him a little legionary outfit when he was a boy, the troops named him "Caligula" after his little "Caliga", which were the boots that legionaries wore.
So we call him "Little Boots" today, after the little outfit that his father, Germanicus, made him wear as a boy 2000 years ago.

I'm so full of this useless fucking shit that it spews out whenever I'm drunk.

>>37997006
but it does mean they're schizo...

>>37997036
compares male and female not transgender

another study, confirming the other link

http://m.cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/09/12/cercor.bhu194.full

Who the fuck steals sbd knee sleeves?

Best price in canada?

>>37996938
You keep spamming this you shit virgin. Nobody cares. Fuck off.

someone is triggered LOL

How we doing tonight, /plg/?

I've got a question concerning LP.

>working with 3x5 at 130 for OHP
>Hit it for 5/5/4
>Squat afterwards, decide to press 135 as I'm deloading the bar
>Hit 5 reps at 135

It's safe to progress to 135 next session, yeah? It seems like I just need to give it more time between sets.

File: image.jpg (85KB, 600x390px) Image search: [Google]

85KB, 600x390px

There is honestly nothing worse than people who have never touched a barbell in their life claiming they can lift x amount

I got pretty triggered by a similar statement on Saturday night and I'm still mad about it now, rather I put it out of my mind until last night but now I just can't stop thinking about it

The ignorance, the naïveté, I don't have a problem with either but don't speak about that which you know absolutely nothing about

>>37997495
I'd do 130 again and wait longer between sets, yeah. 135 will be there waiting for you patiently. no need to rush it when you didn't get your reps the first time.

remember to keep the goal the goal. follow the program.

>>37997495
Yes progress to 135 next session

>>37997440
chad doesn't buy his own equipment...

>>37997534
>>37997547

I think I could handle 135 next session, though at the same time I don't mind making haste slowly, you know?

Definitely wasn't on my A game today, head wasn't in the right place and I started the session dealing with some gnarly indigestion.

Currently rebuilding the strength I lost losing 125 pounds, though I'm in this for the long haul so I don't mind setting back OHP progression by a session.

File: phallic.png (386KB, 830x572px) Image search: [Google]

386KB, 830x572px

mfw i will never be as awesome as Maxx Chewning

>>37997603
The thing with daily linear progression is if you try to push it too far you'll waste time that could be better spent on a weekly LP

>>37997656

If you're looking for forearm vascularity, get yourself a wrist roller.

Just a week has got veins and definition popping. 6x3 at the end of the session, alternating between working your flexors and extensors.

>>37997672
You could just do wrist curls

>>37997662

I don't think I'm there yet.

I started training in September, progression till March looked like:

>Press: 45 → 170
>Bench: 85 → 220
>Squat: 85 → 270
>Deadlift: 135 → 370

At the same time, I started at 375 pounds BW after dealing with some horrendous injuries and serious depression, so I've been cutting massively all the while.

Toward the end of March I caught the flu, and between training 4 times a week on CLP/dropping the weight/working 14 hour days I got a nasty case of bronchitis which put me completely out of commission for 3 weeks. I dropped even more weight like mad but when I came out of it I lost the vast majority of my strength.

Just finished this phase of my diet a few weeks ago. Dropped down to 220 pounds and I've been running SS on maintenance/a slight surplus ever since.

Current working weight is 130/160/195/260. I've still got a ways to go to rebuild what I lost, but lifting without being on a deficit has been a joy so far.

Really wouldn't mind taking it as slow as possible and milking this LP for all I can.

I think I'll just give 130 another go on the press - no sense in rushing it now and then stalling out a few weeks later.

>>37997736
Okay good call

I bulked up from 180 to 220 on SL and finished up with a working weight on the squat of 365 so you I'd say even though daily LP ends at different points for everyone you've still got a little ways to go

>>37995313
setting the weight down properly is part of the lift, he only accomplished half of what he thinks he did.

>>37997736
There's no 'magical' gains you get from slowing down an lp when you dont need to. The whole point is that, as a novice, your recovery outpaces your ability to damage your tissues. Holding back wont help you unless you very clearly wont be able to make the weight on another attempt. Then you do a small deload and try again, hoping that it was fatigue building up that caused a miss. If it wasnt fatigue (as ruled out by the deload), then congratulations youve exited the novice stage and need weekly or more periodization on your lifts.

If youre confident you can make the weight next session, with good form, do so. Slowing down is pointless, the only time you advise someone to do that is when theyre making unsustainable jumps in weights.

>>37997075
Wasn't it his mother that had it made for him?

Caligula was also a huge mummy's boy

>>37997901
Want to go to the pub tomorrow after work?

>>37996564
I would argue that slowy descending the bar with this amount of weight is quite dangerous.

>>37997955
You could at least keep your hands on the bar until it reaches the ground

IPF changed from their stupid controlled descent shit to you just have to keep your hands on the bar while dropping it

>>37997894

Thanks for the insight, brother. While I hit 135 they were pretty nasty reps - you know the kind, fueled by anger with loose form. Definitely should give 130 another go in retrospect - I was only resting 2 minutes between sets, and while that's more than enough for squats and deads, it seems like bench and press are going to need a little more loving.

I figure I'll continue eating at maintenance until I stall out, then up calories by 200-300 daily and stick with LP until I stall out again. IIRC SS has you deload thrice before switching over to TM? I'll have to re-read the book - it's been a while.

I was worried I'd have trouble managing maintenance, but honestly it's difficult to eat even that much. I have no idea how I was putting away 10,000 calories some days at my worst.

>>37997842

Glad to hear it, here's hoping I can go the distance this time.

What did you switch over to after you exhausted those noob gains?

>>37997955
it's still part of actually doing the lift...so really, the record shouldn't be as high as it is because the record should include coming down with the weight as well.

>>37997989

There's never been a speed requirement for the descent in any lift. Not for deadlifting, not for squatting, not for benching. You just have to be in contact with the bar. Nothing more, nothing less.

>>37997982
>What did you switch over to after you exhausted those noob gains?

Texas Method modified for powerlifting

Thought about doing Madcow but it doesn't have the bench volume that I need
My bench takes A LOT of work to progress

>>37995961

ask if the tendies come from the same box as mom's

File: image.jpg (2MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3264x2448px

>>37997901
Hey Isley what do you think of me new mouse mat?

>>37996642
...do you not see the difference between attacking children and grown adults?

>>37996642
>I hate politics
has anyone else noticed political discussions are more present now than say 5 years ago? like on facebook and shit?

i dont wanna be all 'muh sikrt cluhb' but i feel that forums like /pol/ had a lot to do with it

>>37998126
you and your friends are older now

pol is not a large community

>>37998154
>you and your friends are older now
i've questioned that. even my mom agrees 5 years ago it wasn't this present even in real life

File: I tried to warn you.jpg (7KB, 225x224px) Image search: [Google]

7KB, 225x224px

>>37998126

American politics have become a spectacle by design over the last decade. Look at the clown fiesta that is the upcoming election - They're not even trying anymore.

>>37998183

Your mother probably isn't a representative sample, n=1 and so on.

>>37998126
>not unfollowing anyone talking politics on facebook
seriously fuck those people

File: ok champ.jpg (4KB, 278x66px) Image search: [Google]

4KB, 278x66px

>>37998191
you really just know everything don't you buddy

>>37997926
Who are you?

>>37998023
Well meme'd son

>tfw cant squat 3 plates after 2 years

>>37998126
>i dont wanna be all 'muh sikrt cluhb' but i feel that forums like /pol/ had a lot to do with it

I believe that it's mostly because people are a lot more divided now then they were 5 years ago (rather the perception is that they are; this perception doesn't match reality unless you're talking about extremists from both ends of the spectrum) mostly thanks to the media which constantly pushes things like race and class because that's what drives ratings
People want to hear about conflict and tension not everyone getting along happily so they sow seeds of divisiveness with their reporting, it's not that they're intentionally trying to divide people it's just what happens when there's a constant bombardment of "us against them"

>>37998230
pls be in london

>>37998126
All your friends grew up and became more politically aware and active.

Nothing to do with pol

>>37998242

It wouldn't even need to be that.

Thanks to FB (and social media more generally) you've got a lot of what would previously have been one-to-one conversations taking place out where anyone can see them and stick their oar in. And so you get a lot of people saying or discussing things they wouldn't consider good 'public' topics offline and doing it in full view of everyone.

>>37998255
They'll grow out of it once they reach their 30s and realise that, barring some sort of insane despot coming to power, nothing will change in their day to day life regardless of whether it's a Tory or a Trot in power

"Politics is Hollywood for ugly people" is as true a statement as it gets

File: shot0006.png (2MB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1920x1080px

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usgUaMgO45g

How hard would it be to pick up an average car? This guy did it with a pretty crappy lighter car, but what about the typical car in America?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhI9M3HQ-Gk

Like one of these, would be great if you could just lift them out of the way.

>>37998276
>insane despot
You know, like trump?

>>37998276
>people will grow out of it
people like you make a good argument for downsides of democracy

>>37998287

It's fairly difficult. The biggest problem is usually getting the right grip but its not exactly a light weight once you've managed that.

>>37998295
Political activism is for people with egos too big for their own good, and ideologues who are naïve to human nature

>>37998318
t. every 15 year old know it all

>>37998294
If Trump wins exactly nothing will change for the Americans, their nation is too powerful and their people are too comfortable, and there's nothing wrong with that

>>37996594
That 4 inch ROM

>supertraining gets new gym
>everything goes to shit
dont even watch any videos anymore

>>37998326
The 15 year olds are the ones getting caught up in political extremism and thinking they can change the world by walking in the street chanting some tired overused slogan

>>37998333
you should move to russia desu, they share your mentality

thoughts on running smolov jr indefinitely and simultaneously for squat and bench?
as in instead of running it as a 3 week peaking program just keep going until stalling and then deloading as you would do in any other program
obviously i would have to start with lower percentages than prescribed and limit the increases to only 5 lbs per week but i don't mind if i can make it work in the long run

>>37998369
for what purpose

>>37998294
>>37998327
a lot will happen because trump will bring exactly the change that liberals want. trump doesn't care about the world he'll let gays fuck in public once he's in power if it gets him more money somehow and the fact that he'll be so detached from things is exactly why he'll be a better leader than sanders

>hillary doesn't even count

>>37998332
yeah fuck the powercast it's all dadmemes and circlejerking with mark bell's buddies

e.g. Richard "dedlift ith a push" Hawthorne not welcome to powercast cause he doesn't fit the mark bell standards

>>37998369
desu don't do programs at all. learn to program for yourself if you need order. in the end it's just sets and reps
or
learn strength theory and learn to autoregulate if you just wanna get as big as possible on your own terms

also

>new thread when

Fuck hook grip and strapped deadlifting setup is so different to my normal style. Being lower to the bar is making my back round at the start of the lift and making my lifts all look like piss. At least my thumbs got use to hook grip quickly

>>37998378
teh lulz

File: final boss.jpg (45KB, 480x474px) Image search: [Google]

45KB, 480x474px

>>37998422
>>37998422
>>37998422

NEW THREAD

>>37998408
>strapped deadlifting
>lower to the bar
doesn't make any sense

>>37995313
On gear.
Wearing a belt and straps.

I don't get it.
Why use drugs and stuff to help you lift weight?

Isn't lifting about making yourself healthier and stronger?

>>37996571
>>37998625
0/10

>>37995958
stupidest fucking webm ever